Experts discuss how to encourage student to get higher degrees

7:38 PM,
Nov. 14, 2011

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Emily Schettler | Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa and other Midwestern states must better prepare their high school graduates for a post-secondary education and encourage more students to seek that education to help meet a pending deficit of educated workers, one higher education expert said Monday.

Jamie Merisotis, president and CEO of the Lumina Foundation for Education, a private foundation that focuses on enrolling and graduating more students from college, said students need better guidance on the resources and financial aid available to them, and educators and policymakers need to better align the path between K-12 ...